Beck How Development Projects Persist

Everyday Negotiations with Guatemalan NGOs
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7291-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten

Erin Beck examines microfinance NGOs working with poor, rural women in Guatemala to show how these women creatively and strategically use the NGOs to their own benefit in ways that do not necessarily match the goals of the NGOs, demonstrating that development projects are often transformed and persist in unexpected ways.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beck, Erin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Nichtregierungsorganisation (NGOs)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii
1. Social Engineering from Above and Below 1
2. Repackaging Development in Guatemala 29
3. Namaste's Bootstrap Model 64
4. Women and Workers Responding to Bootstrap Development 90
5. The Fraternity's Holistic Model 134
6. The Uneven Practices and Experiences of Holistic Development 162
7. The Implications of Socially Constructed Development 208
Appendix. Research Methods and Ethical Dilemmas 225
Notes 233
References 239
Index 259

Über Autor(innen)

Erin Beck is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Oregon.